Icon: Lionel Richie

More popular today than ever, Lionel Richie has become a musical institution. While he first found fame as a member of funk band The Commodores in the Seventies, Richie's charisma and writing propelled the group to success, releasing classic songs such as "Easy" and "Three Times a Lady", before Richie went solo in 1982.

It's fair to say the transition went well: he scored a number one with his debut single, "Truly".

One hundred million album sales later and Richie is still going strong. His recent set at Glastonbury was a triumph and proved the singer has reached a whole new generation of fans. With songs such as "Hello", "Say You, Say Me" and "All Night Long" to draw upon it's easy to see why a Richie set provokes such adulation. He's a true master of his craft.